In an interview with NBA TV's "Open Court," the former Detroit Pistons star blamed The Mailman for costing the Utah Jazz opportunities to win some championships.

Thomas even called Malone the "weakest link" of those powerhouse Jazz squads.

"I thought Utah, going back to that team, I thought they had everything it took to win a championship," Thomas said in a video clip released ahead of the Oct. 8 show. “They had the system, the players, the toughness; they were defensive-minded and everything. I always thought like Malone was the weakest link because he wasn’t a good foul shooter. Had he been a good foul shooter they would have beat Chicago.”